Good, great. Yeah, fine.
"So how've you been?"The mind races. To what I've done lately. An indistinct blur of events flash by, all of which pleasant, none of which exhilarating. Mind tries to decide on which of these to comment on, if any.
The mind races again. To how I've been feeling lately. Okay - not terrible, pleasant even, but not exhilarating. Busy, I guess? Winces at cliche. I've become one of those people that just spew out that B word when people ask me how I am? Will keep to dreaded word to self.
The mind races once more. To what's been on my mind lately. Ha, the real dog-vomit. Disastrous mishmash of woes, whinges, worries, wisdom (usually stumbled upon from other people's words), and many other things that don't begin with 'w' so I won't mention them because I like writing in alliteration (ha).
Even if mind permitted such amorphous "crazy" to spew out, to unlucky few who I consider 'close' (and therefore, acustomed to amorphous "crazy"), mind is stunned at where to begin.
What to say? How much to say? How to convey how I've been without turning innocent question to unabating soliloquoy? How to answer without superficial drawl that comes with "Um I've been good! And you?"
A microsecond goes by. And another.
"Um I've been good! Busy, but you know. And you?"
Minor pandemonium breaks out inside Mind. Self-respect barometer inches a few points lower.
posted by me. @ 5:33 PM
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